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34.Dd October 4, 2005
35.Dt BSNMPLIB 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm snmp_value_free ,
39.Nm snmp_value_parse ,
40.Nm snmp_value_copy ,
41.Nm snmp_pdu_free ,
42.Nm snmp_code snmp_pdu_decode ,
43.Nm snmp_code snmp_pdu_encode ,
44.Nm snmp_pdu_dump ,
45.Nm TRUTH_MK ,
46.Nm TRUTH_GET ,
47.Nm TRUTH_OK
48.Nd "SNMP decoding and encoding library"
49.Sh LIBRARY
50Begemot SNMP library
51.Pq libbsnmp, -lbsnmp
52.Sh SYNOPSIS
53.In bsnmp/asn1.h
54.In bsnmp/snmp.h
55.Ft void
56.Fn snmp_value_free "struct snmp_value *value"
57.Ft int
58.Fn snmp_value_parse "const char *buf" "enum snmp_syntax" "union snmp_values *value"
59.Ft int
60.Fn snmp_value_copy "struct snmp_value *to" "const struct snmp_value *from"
61.Ft void
62.Fn snmp_pdu_free "struct snmp_pdu *value"
63.Ft enum snmp_code
64.Fn snmp_pdu_decode "struct asn_buf *buf" "struct snmp_pdu *pdu" "int32_t *ip"
65.Ft enum snmp_code
66.Fn snmp_pdu_encode "struct snmp_pdu *pdu" "struct asn_buf *buf"
67.Ft void
68.Fn snmp_pdu_dump "const struct snmp_pdu *pdu"
69.Ft int
70.Fn TRUTH_MK "F"
71.Ft int
72.Fn TRUTH_GET "T"
73.Ft int
74.Fn TRUTH_OK "T"
75.Sh DESCRIPTION
76The SNMP library contains routines to handle SNMP version 1 and 2 PDUs.
77There are two basic structures used throughout the library:
78.Bd -literal -offset indent
79struct snmp_value {
80	struct asn_oid		var;
81	enum snmp_syntax	syntax;
82	union snmp_values {
83	  int32_t		integer;/* also integer32 */
84	  struct {
85	    u_int		len;
86	    u_char		*octets;
87	  }			octetstring;
88	  struct asn_oid	oid;
89	  u_char		ipaddress[4];
90	  uint32_t		uint32;	/* also gauge32, counter32,
91					   unsigned32, timeticks */
92	  uint64_t		counter64;
93	}			v;
94};
95.Ed
96.Pp
97This structure represents one variable binding from an SNMP PDU.
98The field
99.Fa var
100is the ASN.1 of the variable that is bound.
101.Fa syntax
102contains either the syntax code of the value or an exception code for SNMPv2
103and may be one of:
104.Bd -literal -offset indent
105enum snmp_syntax {
106	SNMP_SYNTAX_NULL	= 0,
107	SNMP_SYNTAX_INTEGER,	/* == INTEGER32 */
108	SNMP_SYNTAX_OCTETSTRING,
109	SNMP_SYNTAX_OID,
110	SNMP_SYNTAX_IPADDRESS,
111	SNMP_SYNTAX_COUNTER,
112	SNMP_SYNTAX_GAUGE,	/* == UNSIGNED32 */
113	SNMP_SYNTAX_TIMETICKS,
114
115	/* v2 additions */
116	SNMP_SYNTAX_COUNTER64,
117	/* exceptions */
118	SNMP_SYNTAX_NOSUCHOBJECT,
119	SNMP_SYNTAX_NOSUCHINSTANCE,
120	SNMP_SYNTAX_ENDOFMIBVIEW,
121};
122.Ed
123The field
124.Fa v
125holds the actual value depending on
126.Fa syntax .
127Note, that if
128.Fa syntax
129is
130.Li SNMP_SYNTAX_OCTETSTRING
131and
132.Fa v.octetstring.len
133is not zero,
134.Fa v.octetstring.octets
135points to a string allocated by
136.Xr malloc 3 .
137.Pp
138.Bd -literal -offset indent
139#define SNMP_COMMUNITY_MAXLEN	128
140#define SNMP_MAX_BINDINGS	100
141
142struct snmp_pdu {
143	char		community[SNMP_COMMUNITY_MAXLEN + 1];
144	enum snmp_version version;
145	u_int		type;
146
147	/* trap only */
148	struct asn_oid	enterprise;
149	u_char		agent_addr[4];
150	int32_t		generic_trap;
151	int32_t		specific_trap;
152	u_int32_t	time_stamp;
153
154	/* others */
155	int32_t		request_id;
156	int32_t		error_status;
157	int32_t		error_index;
158
159	/* fixes for encoding */
160	u_char		*outer_ptr;
161	u_char		*pdu_ptr;
162	u_char		*vars_ptr;
163
164	struct snmp_value bindings[SNMP_MAX_BINDINGS];
165	u_int		nbindings;
166};
167.Ed
168This structure contains a decoded SNMP PDU.
169.Fa version
170is one of
171.Bd -literal -offset indent
172enum snmp_version {
173	SNMP_Verr = 0,
174	SNMP_V1 = 1,
175	SNMP_V2c,
176};
177.Ed
178and
179.Fa type
180is the type of the PDU.
181.Pp
182The function
183.Fn snmp_value_free
184is used to free all the dynamic allocated contents of an SNMP value.
185It does not free the structure pointed to by
186.Fa value
187itself.
188.Pp
189The function
190.Fn snmp_value_parse
191parses the ASCII representation of an SNMP value into its binary form.
192This function is mainly used by the configuration file reader of
193.Xr bsnmpd 1 .
194.Pp
195The function
196.Fn snmp_value_copy
197makes a deep copy of the value pointed to by
198.Fa from
199to the structure pointed to by
200.Fa to .
201It assumes that
202.Fa to
203is uninitialized and will overwrite its previous contents.
204It does not itself allocate the structure pointed to by
205.Fa to .
206.Pp
207The function
208.Fn snmp_pdu_free
209frees all the dynamically allocated components of the PDU.
210It does not itself free the structure pointed to by
211.Fa pdu .
212.Pp
213The function
214.Fn snmp_pdu_decode
215decodes the PDU pointed to by
216.Fa buf
217and stores the result into
218.Fa pdu .
219If an error occurs in a variable binding the (1 based) index of this binding
220is stored in the variable pointed to by
221.Fa ip .
222.Pp
223The function
224.Fn snmp_pdu_encode
225encodes the PDU
226.Fa pdu
227into the an octetstring in buffer
228.Fa buf .
229.Pp
230The function
231.Fn snmp_pdu_dump
232dumps the PDU in a human readable form by calling
233.Fn snmp_printf .
234.Pp
235The function
236.Fn TRUTH_MK
237takes a C truth value (zero or non-zero) and makes an SNMP truth value (2 or 1).
238The function
239.Fn TRUTH_GET
240takes an SNMP truth value and makes a C truth value (0 or 1).
241The function
242.Fn TRUTH_OK
243checks, whether its argument is a legal SNMP truth value.
244.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
245When an error occurs in any of the function the function pointed to
246by the global pointer
247.Bd -literal -offset indent
248extern void (*snmp_error)(const char *, ...);
249.Ed
250.Pp
251with a
252.Xr printf 3
253style format string.
254There is a default error handler in the library that prints a message
255starting with
256.Sq SNMP:
257followed by the error message to standard error.
258.Pp
259The function pointed to by
260.Bd -literal -offset indent
261extern void (*snmp_printf)(const char *, ...);
262.Ed
263.Pp
264is called by the
265.Fn snmp_pdu_dump
266function.
267The default handler is
268.Xr printf 3 .
269.Sh ERRORS
270.Fn snmp_pdu_decode
271will return one of the following return codes:
272.Bl -tag -width Er
273.It Bq Er SNMP_CODE_OK
274Success.
275.It Bq Er SNMP_CODE_FAILED
276The ASN.1 coding was wrong.
277.It Bq Er SNMP_CODE_BADLEN
278A variable binding value had a wrong length field.
279.It Bq Er SNMP_CODE_OORANGE
280A variable binding value was out of the allowed range.
281.It Bq Er SNMP_CODE_BADVERS
282The PDU is of an unsupported version.
283.It Bq Er SNMP_CODE_BADENQ
284There was an ASN.1 value with an unsupported tag.
285.El
286.Pp
287.Fn snmp_pdu_encode
288will return one of the following return codes:
289.Bl -tag -width Er
290.It Bq Er SNMP_CODE_OK
291Success.
292.It Bq Er SNMP_CODE_FAILED
293Encoding failed.
294.El
295.Sh SEE ALSO
296.Xr gensnmptree 1 ,
297.Xr bsnmpd 1 ,
298.Xr bsnmpagent 3 ,
299.Xr bsnmpclient 3 ,
300.Xr bsnmplib 3
301.Sh STANDARDS
302This implementation conforms to the applicable IETF RFCs and ITU-T
303recommendations.
304.Sh AUTHORS
305.An Hartmut Brandt Aq harti@freebsd.org
306